sander
- noun
- /ˈsændər/
- Outside, we pass a Pot O'Gold portapotty; inside, drop cloths, ladders, sanders, paint cans.
Examples
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Any idea where Walter stuffed the power sander you gave him two Christmases ago?
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Red shrugs off his jacket and picks up a sander.
Fiction book (1994) -
Somebody actually left a belt sander out here for ten years!
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Well, an electric sander is a power tool, I guess.
Blog text (27) -
Did he come and get his belt sander?
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"Maybe we could rent a power sander," Mollie says.
Fiction book (1995) -
Look and feel are every bit as important as specifications to people who use a hammer, drill, sander, or power saw, he said.
Academic text (2011) -
Soon, they'll learn to use the bigger tools: the sander, the table saw, the planer.
Blog text (8) -
I'm smoothing the spindles with a sander and I'm setting the headboard on the stiles, which are probably too thin.
Fiction book (1991) -
To create a smooth finish on the table, I used a sander to polish the wood.
Synonyms
A hand tool with a sharp blade for smoothing wood
A person or machine that makes a surface smooth and shiny by rubbing
A power tool with a sharp blade that smooths wood surfaces
A tool that uses electricity to move sandpaper quickly to make wood or other surfaces smooth
A power tool that sands wood with a spinning drum wrapped in sandpaper
A tool or substance that makes a surface less rough
A person or machine that smooths a surface by rubbing it with rough material
A small hand tool that makes wood surfaces even and fine
A rough tool with sharp teeth used to shape wood or metal
Compounds
- Specialized
A power tool that sands wood with a spinning drum wrapped in sandpaper
A tool that uses electricity to move sandpaper quickly to make wood or other surfaces smooth
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Etymology
Sander comes from the simple word sand plus the ending -er; sand means the rough grains used to rub away material and -er means 'one who' or a tool that does something, so a sander is a tool or machine that sands to smooth or polish a surface.